Electrical resistance change under strain of CNF/flexible-epoxy composite

Advanced Composite Materials

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 123-138

  Yasuoka, Tetsuo ^a   Shimamura, Yoshinobu ^b   Todoroki, Akira ^c  

^a Kawasaki Refinery   (Japan)

^b SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon nanofiber; Nanocomposite; Percolation; Piezoresistivity; Tunneling effect

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVE POLYMER; ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE CHANGE; EPOXY COMPOSITE; NON-LINEAR; NONLINEAR BEHAVIOR; PERCOLATION NETWORKS; PIEZORESISTIVITY; SENSING APPLICATIONS; SIMULATION-BASED; STRAIN SENSORS; TUNNELING EFFECTS; TUNNELING RESISTANCE; WEIGHT FRACTIONS;

CIRCUIT SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; INTELLIGENT MATERIALS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); POLYMERS; RESINS; SENSORS; SOLVENTS; TUNNELING (EXCAVATION); WIND TUNNELS;

CARBON NANOFIBERS;

EID: 77950989494     PISSN: 09243046     EISSN: 15685519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/092430410X490446     Document Type: Article

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